Michigan gas prices on the rise

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have risen about 30 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.83 per gallon.The auto club says Monday the average is about 26 cents per gallon more than this time last year. The rise comes amid higher crude oil prices and a drop in U.S. supplies.Of the cities it surveys, AAA Michigan says the cheapest price for self-serve unleaded fuel is in the Traverse City area, where it's about $3.75 a gallon. The highest average is in Ann Arbor area at about $3.85 a gallon.Dearborn-based AAA Michigan surveys 2,800 Michigan gas stations daily.

Nationally over the last three weeks, the average price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped a penny. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.59.Of the cities surveyed in the Lower 48 states, Charleston, S.C., has the nation's lowest average price for gas at $3.22. Chicago has the highest at $4.04.

DEARBORN, MI (AP)-- AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have jumped about 12 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $4.22 per gallon.

The auto club says Monday the average is about 49 cents per gallon more than this time last year.

AAA Michigan says prices increased for another week following lingering issues at several Midwest refineries. The auto club says the average price is about 4 cents less than Michigan's all-time high gas price average of about $4.26, set on May 4, 2011.